Adolfo Horta
Cuban boxer (1957–2016) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Adolfo Horta (3 October 1957 – 28 November 2016) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division (– 57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was beaten by East Germany's Rudi Fink on points (1-4).[1] Horta won eleven consecutive national championships and three gold medals in the World Amateur Boxing Championships in different weight classes, which appears to have been a unique achievement, but he would never return to the Olympics, as Cuba boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics.[citation needed]
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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Horta and the second or maternal family name is Martínez.
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Born | Adolfo Horta Martínez (1957-10-03)3 October 1957 San Lorenzo, Santiago de Cuba Province | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 November 2016(2016-11-28) (aged 59) Camagüey, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Other names | El hombre del boxeo total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Bantamweight Featherweight Lightweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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